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Women’s Day roundtable to inspire inclusivity
Community
Women’s Day roundtable to inspire inclusivity
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
An event designed to celebrate, empower and inspire women will coincide with International Women’s Day. On Thursday, March 7, from 12 p.m.-2 p.m. at the Jasper Activity Centre, the Jasper Local Immigration Partnership (LIP), in collaboration with Jasper Settlement Services, is organizing a lunch fil...
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Activity Centre renovation timeline adjusted; facility tour peeks at construction challenges
Community
Activity Centre renovation timeline adjusted; facility tour peeks at construction challenges
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Despite asbestos issues, larger-than-anticipated demolition scope and "rats' nests" of wiring" to untangle, renovation is still more cost effective than total rebuild, project managers say A facility tour of Jasper’s under-construction recreation facilities has opened local officials’ eyes as to the...
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Tourism Jasper stickhandling plan to host hockey tournaments
Business
Tourism Jasper stickhandling plan to host hockey tournaments
Bob Covey 
Friday, September 15, 2023
Tourism Jasper and a partnership of local businesses want to help salvage Jasper’s hockey season. The Jasper Recreation Facilities Renovation Project—Jasper’s $20 million upgrade to the Arena, Activity Centre and Aquatic Centre —had its official sod-turning ceremony on September 6. The major project...
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Renovation disruption: Normal arena operations to be iced in 2023/24
Community
Renovation disruption: Normal arena operations to be iced in 2023/24
No dressing rooms during construction means no tournaments 
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Service disruptions at the Jasper Activity Centre and the Jasper Arena will impact access to the building, limit use of the facility and put the squeeze on local businesses this winter. Jasper Municipal Council heard yesterday (July 11) that the next phase of the Jasper Activity Centre Renovation Pr...
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Council puts $10 million Activity Centre renovations in motion
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Council puts $10 million Activity Centre renovations in motion
Bob Covey 
Monday, May 9, 2022
Tourism Jasper endorses legacy project that will drive visitation, recruitment and the local economy Jasper Municipal Council has passed a motion to approve a project budget of $10 million for upgrades and renovations to the Jasper Activity Centre. The scope of the upgrades include expansion of the ...
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Building fire started by spontaneous combustion
Business
Building fire started by spontaneous combustion
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A downtown commercial building fire that was contained quickly after being reported offers important fire-safety lessons. Oily rags not being disposed...
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Turning Eighty—La Fin Du Monde?
Hiking and Climbing
Turning Eighty—La Fin Du Monde?
David Harrap, guest contributor 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
God, I was tired. And we still had to hike out. The author on a Mount Christie expedition in 2005, around the same time he celebrated his 60th year. /...
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Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones
Community
Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones
Su Young-Leslie, Green Thumbs & Jam 
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Festive decorating that's fun and affordable It all started when it ended. Autumn’s rich jewel tones had faded, withered and dropped to the ground. Go...
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CWD: A Zombie Deer apocalypse?
Environment
CWD: A Zombie Deer apocalypse?
Mark Bradley 
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Beware the ‘Fawn of the Dead’: a herd of skeletal, pock-marked deer limp menacingly towards their target, moaning, intent on a gory brain feast…grraaa...
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A century of outdoor skating in Jasper
Community
A century of outdoor skating in Jasper
John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor 
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Ice skating is physics. A narrow blade applying an exact pressure on the ice, enough to melt it quickly but briefly, lubricating the metal, allowing t...
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New calves mark caribou breeding centre’s progress
Environment
New calves mark caribou breeding centre’s progress
Peter Shokeir, freelance contributor 
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Seven caribou calves born in first year of breeding program The Caribou Conservation Breeding Centre has begun achieving tangible results with the bir...
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Letter: Referee shortage has wider implications
Community
Letter: Referee shortage has wider implications
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Dear Editor: Jasper is lucky to have a location that people, including hockey teams, are willing to flock to for the scenery and the mountain experien...
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Building fire started by spontaneous combustion
Business
Building fire started by spontaneous combustion
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A downtown commercial building fire that was contained quickly after being reported offers important fire-safety lessons. Oily rags not being disposed...
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Turning Eighty—La Fin Du Monde?
Hiking and Climbing
Turning Eighty—La Fin Du Monde?
David Harrap, guest contributor 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
God, I was tired. And we still had to hike out. The author on a Mount Christie expedition in 2005, around the same time he celebrated his 60th year. /...
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Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones
Community
Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones
Su Young-Leslie, Green Thumbs & Jam 
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Festive decorating that's fun and affordable It all started when it ended. Autumn’s rich jewel tones had faded, withered and dropped to the ground. Go...
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Latest ›
Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones
Community
Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones
Su Young-Leslie, Green Thumbs & Jam 
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Festive decorating that's fun and affordable It all started when it ended. Autumn’s rich jewel tones had faded, withered and dropped to the ground. Go...
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Building fire started by spontaneous combustion
Business
Building fire started by spontaneous combustion
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A downtown commercial building fire that was contained quickly after being reported offers important fire-safety lessons. Oily rags not being disposed...
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Turning Eighty—La Fin Du Monde?
Hiking and Climbing
Turning Eighty—La Fin Du Monde?
David Harrap, guest contributor 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
God, I was tired. And we still had to hike out. The author on a Mount Christie expedition in 2005, around the same time he celebrated his 60th year. /...
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Muskrat love (Or: a rat by any other name…)
Environment
Muskrat love (Or: a rat by any other name…)
Mark Bradley 
Friday, November 21, 2025
I Smell a Rat! Let’s get one thing out of the way right now – muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) are not rats. Muskrats and rats are both rodents, but musk...
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